Maiden Pharmaceuticals
Maiden Pharmaceuticals is a drug manufacturer based in Pitampura in New Delhi with factories in Panipat and Kundli in Haryana. It started in 1990. Its products are sold in 41 countries. It has a very wide range of products. In March 2021, it reported income of 380 million rupees. In 2022 its export licence was suspended by the pharma exporters’ body, Pharmexcil.[1]
In February 2023 it was found guilty of selling substandard drugs. [2] It has been blamed for the deaths of 70 small children in the Gambia who died after taking cough medicine which caused acute kidney injury. The medicine had dangerous levels of diethylene and ethylene glycol. This was said to be because of inadequate quality management. [3] Two of the managers were sentenced to two-and-half years in jail for exporting substandard drugs to Vietnam.[4] It is also linked to the deaths of 20 children in Uzbekistan, also related to cough syrup. This is said to be "the biggest tainted medicine scandal since contaminated cough syrup killed 365 people in Panama in 2006".[5] The World Health Organization has had reports from at least seven countries about contaminated cough syrup since September 2022.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "It's Not Just Maiden Pharmaceuticals. India's Health Care Authorities Also Need To Take The Blame For The Gambian Fiasco". Forbes India. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ↑ "Gambian child deaths fuel alarm over rules in 'world's biggest pharmacy' India". Financial Times. 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ Rigby, Jennifer; Rigby, Jennifer (2023-03-02). "US CDC concludes cough syrups likely to blame for children's deaths in Gambia -report". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ Reuters (2023-02-28). "Sonipat court convicts two Maiden Pharmaceuticals executives in decade-old case of exporting substandard drugs to Vietnam". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ Lateef, Samaan; Farmer, Ben; Wallen, Joe; Taylor, Yusef (2023-03-08). "The mystery of the deadly poisoned cough syrup". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ Kumar2023-02-14T11:09:00+00:00, Sanjay. "Contaminated cough syrups death toll passes 300 in four months". Chemistry World. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
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